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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/9/76 Language English Subject Diplomacy

1. IOR/L/PS/9/76/69

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/69
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Meerza Mehedi Ally Khan
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Meerza Mehedi Ally Khan, [Mīrzā Mahdī ‘Alī Khān Bahadūr], Resident in Bushire [Bushehr]. Jones congratulates Meerza Mehdi Ally Khan on the success of his mission to the Court of Tehiran [Tehran]. The letter also reports a d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/76/105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/105
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 17 January 1800. The letter reports the transit of Elgin’s dispatches to India via Bagdad and Bussora [Basra] and congratulates Elgin on his appoin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1800
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/76/106

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/106
Title:
Letters between Harford Jones and Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
Copies of five letters between Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, and Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]: 1. A letter from Elgin to Jones, sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated 16 November 1799. The letter announces Elgin’s arrival in Constantinople and assumption...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Nov 1799-17 Jan 1800
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/76/107

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/107
Title:
Letters between Harford Jones, Lord Elgin, the Earl of Mornington and John Malcolm
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of three letters: 1. A letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 17 January 1800. In response to Elgin’s letter of 21 December 1799 (found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/104 and 106), Jones...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1799-17 Jan 1800
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/76/108

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/108
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to John Malcolm and letter from Rahmat Ullah Khan to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of two letters and enclosures: 1. A letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor-General of Bengal to Persia [Iran], sent from Bussora [Basra] and dated 3 March 1800. Jones offers assistance to Malcolm in his ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
24 Jan 1800-3 Mar 1800
Extent:
1 item (9 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/76/109

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/109
Title:
Letter from John Malcolm to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor-General of Bengal to Persia [Iran], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Abu Sheher [Bushehr] and dated 17 March 1800. The letter responds to the news reported by Jones in his letter of 3 March (IOR/L/PS/9/...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Mar 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/9/76/112

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/112
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 20 April 1800. The letter reports a meeting between Jones and the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad], at which the Pashaw voiced hi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1800
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/76/152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/152
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to Marquess Wellesley
Scope & Content:
Copies of two letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 14 May 1801. The first letter concerns the transit of mail and reports of a proposed Franco-Russian attack on India via Persia [Iran]. Jones unde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1801
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/76/204

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/204
Title:
Proclamations by the Shah of Persia and Letter from Meerza Bozurg to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
This item contains translations of three Farsi documents: 1. A firmaun [firman, edict] issued by Fath Ally Shah, King of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Iran] to all beglerbegs [high-ranking provincial governors] and other local governors and officials, issued in Tahran [Tehran] and date...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c Sep-Oct 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/76/224

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/224
Title:
Letters to Harford Jones from Jean-François Rousseau and Peter Tooke
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of two letters: 1. A letter in French from Jean-François Rousseau, French Commissioner of Commercial Relations in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, dated 25 February 1802. Rousseau thanks Jones for facilitating a meeting with the Pacha [Büyük Sula...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Dec 1801-25 Feb 1802
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)